grayed

variants also greyed
past tense of gray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grayed
Verb
  • The History Of Tomato Pudding Tomato pudding evolved as a way to use up summer's bounty of garden tomatoes.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Southwestern ecosystems evolved to tolerate and even thrive amid low-intensity fires.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Pershing seventh-graders Bennett Kennedy and Ryan Sitz, Andrew was known as a nice kid who got along with a lot of people.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone got along perfectly fine.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elsewhere in the spacious garden, David got on his hands and knees to pull a freshly ripe red onion.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The erstwhile president and his entourage got on a jet that flew them to Hmeimim, a coastal air base controlled by Russia, which had been his most critical backer in the war.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their relationship blossomed as millions of fans watched their every move and plastered posters up on their bedroom walls.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The future depth chart blossomed when Roseman selected Mitchell and DeJean in the first two rounds of the 2024 draft.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her smile bloomed — full, amused and just this side of playful.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • What if your orchid hasn’t bloomed?
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • How has that crop flowered, developed, and matured?
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a cemetery shed, the doctors performed more than three thousand autopsies, which revealed that starvation softened the bones and atrophied vital organs.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Add shallot and garlic; cook 3 to 4 minutes until softened.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Where to stay On a quiet side street in the Latin Quarter, near the Jardin des Plantes and a 30-minute stroll from the catacombs is the Le Jardin de Verre by Locke, which opened in March 2025.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Inside his car, police allegedly found opened beer bottles, a Glock handgun and ammunition, according to the report.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Grayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grayed. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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